Portrait of Robert Boyle
Date
1739
Sitter
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator
George Vertue (1684 - 1756, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
J&P Knapton, Printer
After
Johann Kerseboom (German) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 295mm
width (print): 226mm
width (print): 226mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Boyle, head turned slightly to the left [as viewed], with hair long, a white necktie and dark robes. In an oval frame inscribed ‘The HON ROBERT BOYLE’ in the top right. Below, miscellaneous objects are visible and above, rays of sunlight shine down. From a portrait by Johann Kerseboom in The Royal Society collections.
Inscribed below: ‘Vertue del & sculp. 1739 In the collection of Dr. Mead Impensis J&P Knapton Londini J Kerseboom pinx’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Robert Boyle (1627–1691), Irish natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Inscribed below: ‘Vertue del & sculp. 1739 In the collection of Dr. Mead Impensis J&P Knapton Londini J Kerseboom pinx’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Robert Boyle (1627–1691), Irish natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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